Including 7 closely related terms such as flood, flooding, and local flood.
… Council is the Lead Local Flood Authority and is responsible for managing flood risk from all local sources including surface water, groundwater or from ordinary watercourses. As part of its role, the County Council has produced a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy which explains how it will manage local flood risk. Burnley Council’s Role 5.67 To support the Local Plan, a borough-wide…
… local communities and businesses to deal with a flood emergency and manage the clean-up and recovery. Progress 5.73 Working closely with the Environment Agency the Council has secured match funding to implement a flood defence scheme in Padiham Town Centre. 5.74 Following recent flood events in 2018 and 2020 the Council administered the Flood Recovery and Resilience Grant Scheme that has…
… with other key partners 9 5. The Themes 10 - Theme 1 - Vehicle Emissions 11 - Theme 2 - Emissions from the use and occupation of buildings 14 - Theme 3 - Emissions from the use and manufacture of products & materials 15 - Theme 4 - Renewable energy 17 - Theme 5 – Enhancing the natural environment 18 - Theme 6 - Flood Risk 19 - Theme 7 – Communication and Stakeholder Engagement 20…
… shifts in weather patterns. 2.2 The effects of rising global temperatures include rising sea levels, increased flooding, coastal erosion, heat waves and droughts, increased adverse weather conditions and storms; all of which can have a catastrophic effect on human and animal life. Greenhouse Gases 2.3 The largest driver of global warming is the emission of greenhouse gases (gases that trap…
… to a low carbon future in a changing climate taking full account of flood risk and coastal change” and “shape places in ways that contribute to radical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, minimise vulnerability and improve resilience, encourage the reuse of existing resources, including the conversion existing buildings; and support renewable and low carbon energy and associated infrastructure…